Word: poplin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pass in entering. Unlike such Irish cities as Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford, Dublin no longer dresses its Corporation in fancy gear. But to meet Cardinal Lauri a special touch was necessary, so the Corporation planned to greet him in cocked hats, sable & scarlet robes lined with Irish poplin. Suitably robed also were to be those 16 Irish gentlemen who will carry the Canopy of the Blessed Sacrament in the procession, among whom would be: President de Valera, Vice President Sean Thomas O'Kelly, ex-President William Thomas Cosgrave, Speaker Francis Patrick Fahy, Senate Chairman Thomas William Westropp Bennett...